[Calvin Locke]

I think the McRib was the first commercial product of re-formed meat.

Burger King was first approached about the process, but turned it down.

It came about out of the DoD's food research programs as a cost-cutting technique.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/October-2011/The-Invention-of-the-McRib-and-Why-It-Disappears-from-McDonalds/

[bigbob]

Yes, Prof. Roger Mandingo of the Univ. Of Nebraska invented it.

[bigbob]

And it was not the DoD but a grantb rom the Pork Producers Council that paid for the development.

Good old capitalism.

[outofsalt]

“There are 480 calories in a McRib from McDonald’s. Most of those calories come from fat (42%) and carbohydrates (38%).”
36% of your daily Sodium too.
https://fastfoodnutrition.org/mcdonalds/mcrib